Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-07-13

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as Der friends .
sHI aaaL WAs GER /
a-I odd ques-
.. ......fs ever Ass you?'' /
~ us al. -.a.Alus her head |
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-u.I zaya1ls ...rtsI you they loved |
1ulE-
Love me- cried B.xby; her tone
MAS "a protest Then suddenly her chin |
qu.yvTrl and she slld: Nobody loves |
me, Aaiu'J got 10 foIksI'
POOR thiug!" and Violet's soft |
hand smOo,hed the shock of closely
cropped hair.
i hey tried 10 be 4 good girl to Miss
Kelly she said. ~ alters 60 jist what
I'm told, but the children tell lies
about me, an Miss Kelly she says l
aiat wuth my salt, an Pete broke the
blue bowl | never fetched, an he said
twas me, an she whipped me orful,
an shet me up IN the granny with the
rats all night, "and here the tears came
into her eyes.
The blacksmith s hammer had ceased
Its clinklng, and he was seen, with his
apron on, critically examining the
phaeton, while Pete led Lady out of
the shop. Meanwhile q tieshy, hard
featured woman came out of the house
down to Violet.
81 see BiXby is a-taikin' 10 you.
Blxby is bad girl. she tells lies. She
isn't wuth her salt" the nasal voice
continued. 1t was the worst bargain
l ever made takin' such creetur from
the poor-house. I've done good deal
fur her, but I'm sick and tired. Pm
gOin' to take her back to the poor
house. l says SO to my man last night.
Out she goes, Nate" says |, bag and
baggager
"Tlsn't truer' sobbed Bixby, the
tears streaming down her cheeks. 81
hev triedI l hev done all she told me-"
Impulslye VioIetl she turned and
placed her hand upon the girl and said:
81 think L can make this little girl
useful; Will take her home with mel"
Mrs. Kelly stood rs one paralyZed.
This was a sequel of which she had
never dreamed. Her threat of taking
Bixby back to the poor-house had been
mere idle vapor.ng. BiXby's sal"
had been rated very highly.
BiXby gasped; astOnishment over
whelmed her, her world seemed falling
into chaos. She hardly knew how she
went and got her sun-bonnet-Sheh had
| little else to gather up. She had never
had any possessions, unless II was a
/ bottle-shaped gOurd and some yaluelesS
old buttons.
81 must kiss the babyI" she cried.
You shau't neitherr' said Mrs.
Kelly, spitefully; You shan't touch
| hIm!''
He crowed on the floor, a pudgy little
| thing; he had never been Unkind TO
I BfXDy and she loved him.
| Goodbye, Jimmy" she said, de
/ vouring HIM with her eyes Then she
/ crossed Mrs. Kelly's threshold for the
| last time.
Another page OF her life was ended.
~ never was so surprised In all my
life" said Violet Feln'S mother to her
pretty daIghter-In-lsw. Elise, ''as when
/ Violet brought little BiNby home with
her"
SURPRISED was a mild statement, for
she would not have been more astound
ed at an interruption of Goths and
Vandals on their charming lakeside
village.
Her household was small, and ran as
If on velvet. She had two servants,
John and Maria. who had been with
her for Years. BiXby was certainly no:
".
Guilty in adjusting her to her proper
position. \ grea. many mole-holes
elevated themselves into mountains be-
fore the good lady discovered that. aftel
all. things went on about rs usual, and
Bfxby was the most tractable and eager
to serve Of dependencies.
II really can not sea how you can
suffar such a miserable creature about, >
said Elise, whose idol was self. ''Sht
: has that miserable, lOw-dOwn look
despIze. aud her TTcczles are as big a;
cIock-wheels, and her foot Is mos
fearful and wonderful thing. Give hel
an inch and she'll take an ell She ha'
A chance, too, to make up all sorts o
lies to impose on your credulty. Mothe
Fem. YOU axe too good; that Is tht
trouble with you'll You will Ind he
, out by and by for selfish, ungrateiu
thing"
"Really, Elise" said Mrs. Fem
, driven to speak in behalf OF lolet
|, protere, ''she IS better than she looks
: Sle does not ie-I do not think-he
, stories never change ana she Is IN
most obedlent little thing, and sn
, pIcks up faster than you would thinh
: Maria has taught her to lay the cIoN
= nicely already, and she knows what
i naDkin is for; and she has learned til
Lords PRAYER; think OF 1t, she Ia
never prayed in her life! her religion
Il IDEAS are the crHde5t possible. She sal
~ seemed to her that Violet must
. Gods wife, the day she brought ne
\ here" ,. =.
! sShockingI" said Elise, Grossly.
{ do not see. mother, how you toleraI
: her for a moment"
;, Rut how changed was Bixby's wor.
what a largess of life happiness ha
=, brouuht herl She WAS not demon
stratIye child; Violet even did not kno
Lou she reiolced and kept contlnu
= inbiIee. She had fairly gasped fC
!, hraath when taken to her own room
= n was = small hall-bedroom, with
snnnv white-curtaIned window, CO
- n1attinp on the floor. and pretty od
sst WAS this hers-thas that seems
= it, ,bs nslace of - king? EverythiI
IL 80 axonisitely fresh ard neat, and
cbarning engraving OF cheruo smile
- dovn on her from the tinted wall.
rs ueaveuI She was not mt, but 81
r,oI,Id try so hard to be worthy L e'
- nassed-one, two, three, iouf-yea
2 = mat brought little change 10 "a.
= Fenn and Violet, but worKeU "oLIue I',';
with Bixby. She was no longer WI. ~
; heather. but was one OF the mo9s {.
e Gent aids in the domestic mdcutlet Wa
ns ,s ' One Spring Violet went to New New 20, o
IL to visit friends, and Ese SssroW sshi Biyi S
Sna Rad long ago found out that DIX
Is. Yn ras a faithful soul, and excellent
OF ~ after children. In fact her lI
.. ones were so fond Of her that .ney ", ",
n usstIess usas and intractibie under tn'
French bonns's peppery rule anu ! ,n ~
- that Marguerite had gone on M ,n nu
~ ,h.ra was no alternative but bihpy.